tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post229237891275521440..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: NPR: How To Marry The Right Girl, A Mathematical SolutionTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-65034264064353850992014-05-19T14:57:06.668-04:002014-05-19T14:57:06.668-04:00Okay, Chip S....that wore me out. I have to agree ...Okay, Chip S....that wore me out. I have to agree with you that selecting the "absolute best" may not be so...you'd just think it was, with the understanding that the true best was <i>perhaps</i> passed by in the sample phase. Maybe a means to select a functional partner in some endeavor, but no way to select a wife or lover. A need to do so would suggest you don't deserve either wife or lover. Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-62833877426871087642014-05-18T18:01:15.725-04:002014-05-18T18:01:15.725-04:00Ari, Try this one, which includes this useful cave...Ari, Try <a href="http://www.math.uah.edu/stat/urn/Secretary.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, which includes this useful caveat:<br /><br /><i>The last assumption, for example, that n is known, is more appropriate for the secretary interpretation than for the marriage interpretation.</i><br /><br />To me, the worst assumption is that there's no value in choosing anyone other than the absolute best. Seems ridiculous, esp. if you don't know you've picked the second-best one.Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-48985041834818439482014-05-18T17:31:12.653-04:002014-05-18T17:31:12.653-04:00Chip S ....I have tried and tried, to include usin...Chip S ....I have tried and tried, to include using different browsers and even the elements features of Blogger, to open your link to Math/UCLA etc. Figured I might learn something. No luck. Won't open. <br /><br />I think I get it however, but still question the utility of a system that samples from its own larger sample (inherent bias?)...the feature that means you might be discarding suitable candidates. I prefer a method that draws presumptions from prior sample of the over all universe....that determines the most likely successful candidate types.<br /><br />I'd definitely not want to use this restricted theory in evaluation a woman I might want to fall in love with....halp! :-)) Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-86169503459077773742014-05-17T19:28:29.872-04:002014-05-17T19:28:29.872-04:00Chickl summed it up.Chickl summed it up.Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-65322799272062561272014-05-17T19:02:42.607-04:002014-05-17T19:02:42.607-04:00I'd rather go Bubbie's marriage-broker way...I'd rather go Bubbie's marriage-broker way in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS8Tzk8FNNk&list=PLcJ3ylyeJaCtWASdW_MPOCcJ0JYGNb0IR&index=1" rel="nofollow">Crossing Delancey</a>.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380908751421386368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-62533597785897701962014-05-17T16:29:46.981-04:002014-05-17T16:29:46.981-04:00Multiplying the complexity of the problem is as ea...Multiplying the complexity of the problem is as easy as pi. You might go around in cirlces depending on the degree of uncertainty and end up right where you started. <br /><br />The first guy who figured out the diameter of the earth thought "Gee, Ah'm a tree!", as he was from southern Egypt. But that doesn't equate precisely with what CL was writing about.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-7635609070217617692014-05-17T15:46:15.750-04:002014-05-17T15:46:15.750-04:00Factor in Humor. It saves posts, blogs and marriag...Factor in Humor. It saves posts, blogs and marriages.MamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-3981199249661002892014-05-17T14:40:51.497-04:002014-05-17T14:40:51.497-04:00This test assumes that it's all these girls an...This test assumes that it's all these girls and you're the one guy, but who's to say you're not just one more guy, perhaps at the 36% point on one girl's list, hmmm? Me and Fredo, smarter than yiz all tink!ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-72994355996505222442014-05-17T14:14:35.693-04:002014-05-17T14:14:35.693-04:00I have a friend who decided he wanted to get marri...I have a friend who decided he wanted to get married and have kids. He devised a list of qualities that he must have in a wife and started dating women until he found one who fit all the qualities. He married her, they had 4 kids, and a very nice home. After about 15 years of marriage, she decided she was gay, and left him for a woman. There should be an extended warranty available, or he should have included that sexual preference thing in his selection criteria. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-68543646817470497692014-05-17T14:06:41.105-04:002014-05-17T14:06:41.105-04:00Titus expresses natural logs in bowls too. Titus expresses natural logs in bowls too. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-40936822034601677992014-05-17T13:54:14.504-04:002014-05-17T13:54:14.504-04:00Sixty is an exponent of using natural logs in bowl...Sixty is an exponent of using natural logs in bowl manufacturing.Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-32907560497375282842014-05-17T13:38:39.018-04:002014-05-17T13:38:39.018-04:00Those issues are imaginary and transcendental. Be ...Those issues are imaginary and transcendental. Be constant, get her digits and don't be irrational. <br /><br />Being divisive is also a factor.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-45708307105683317152014-05-17T13:26:57.929-04:002014-05-17T13:26:57.929-04:00I find the solution divisive. It multiplies a pers...I find the solution divisive. It multiplies a person's problems in finding a mate. In addition, it subtracts from the humanity of the whole thing. At its root, it's mean and pointless. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-72264005776830262142014-05-17T12:57:21.998-04:002014-05-17T12:57:21.998-04:00Ari, the complete solution is here, in sec. 2.1, a...Ari, the complete solution is <a href="http://www.math.ucla.edu/~tom/Stopping/sr2.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>, in sec. 2.1, along w/ the necessary assumptions.<br /><br />It works if: (1) your sole consideration is finding the best candidate, (2) you think all uninterviewed applicants are equally likely to be the best of that group, and (3) you can't go back to anyone you've already interviewed and passed over.<br /><br />The basic idea is that you've got to be willing to "use up" some fraction of your applicant pool in order to calibrate the overall quality of the pool.<br /><br />With more elaborate assumptions. or a different objective, you could get different results.Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-80835538103168442014-05-17T12:30:00.452-04:002014-05-17T12:30:00.452-04:00Huh?
I think I missed something. But I do have a...Huh? <br /><br />I think I missed something. But I do have a pitch fork and access to a manure spreader. Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-43614393812718321782014-05-17T11:39:43.987-04:002014-05-17T11:39:43.987-04:00I suspect that if someone is going about finding t...I suspect that if someone is going about finding the right girl through the mathematical solution they're going to have a big problem with getting to requisite sample size in the first place. Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-12752838110445497812014-05-17T11:36:59.541-04:002014-05-17T11:36:59.541-04:00Can I call you Shirley?Can I call you Shirley?edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.com